The Second Circuit’s decision in Cartoon Network v. CSC Holdings, 536
F.3d 121 (2008) – known as the “Cablevision” case – stands as the
leading federal court decision to address copyright issues in the
context of cloud-based content storage systems. The decision validated
Cablevision’s proposed “Remote Storage” DVR system, which allowed cable
subscribers to record TV programs to centralized digital video
recorders (as opposed to individual DVR boxes in their homes).
Reversing a lower court decision that found in favor of plaintiff
content owners and ruled Cablevision’s proposed RS-DVR to be
infringing, the Court of Appeals held such a system “would not directly
infringe plaintiffs’ exclusive rights to reproduce and publicly perform
their copyrighted works.”

Attorneys David Hosp and Ed Weiss offer unique perspectives on the
Cablevision case. As experts with extensive copyright experience, they
can share their wealth of substantive knowledge on the complex issues
addressed by the lower and appellate courts. As advocates who were
directly involved in the matter – David’s having represented
Cablevision and Ed’s having served as in-house counsel for Time Warner
at the time of the dispute – they can provide insight into the legal
strategies, procedural twists and turns, and business considerations at
the heart of the conflict. Christopher Bavitz, Clinical Fellow at the
Berkman Center and Assistant Director of the Cyberlaw Clinic, will
moderate what promises to be an exciting and illuminating conversation
about this landmark case.

About David Hosp

David Hosp is a partner in the Goodwin Procter’s Trial Department and a
member of its Intellectual Property Group. His practice focuses on
copyright, trademark and media matters. Mr. Hosp has handled numerous
high-profile lawsuits throughout the country. He represented The New
York Times and The Boston Globe in first impression copyright and
trademark litigation regarding fair use and news aggregation on the
World Wide Web, and was counsel for the largest independent publisher
of recorded books in a case that establish new law regarding the
application of the Copyright Act’s first sale doctrine to audiobooks.

In his spare time, Mr. Hosp is a writer whose bestselling novels
Innocence, The Betrayed, and Dark Harbor have been published in seven
languages. His latest novel, Among Thieves, set against the backdrop
of the 1990 robbery at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston,
was released in hardcover early in 2010.

About Ed Weiss

Ed Weiss was named General Counsel of New England Sports Ventures
(NESV), the parent company of the Red Sox and New England Sports
Network (NESN), in September 2009. Weiss currently has oversight on all
legal matters for the NESV group of companies, including the Boston Red
Sox, NESN, Fenway Sports Group (FSG) and, most recently, Liverpool
Football Club, and has offices both at Fenway Park and at NESN’s
headquarters in Watertown, MA.

Prior to joining the club, Weiss was Senior Vice President and Deputy
General Counsel of Time Warner Inc. where he had been for the previous
13 years. In this role, Weiss was responsible for all litigation,
regulatory and intellectual property issues across the company
worldwide. He also handled any of Time Warner’s significant antitrust
issues, including all transaction and merger clearances, served as a
key advisor on business and intellectual property issues related to the
digital content distribution and had oversight of all FCC legal issues.
Weiss began his tenure at Time Warner with Time Warner Cable in 1996,
overseeing all litigation and antitrust matters for the cable operator.